Talks & Tours
Talks and Tours
Includes Gallery Talks, Behind-the-Scenes of the Cast Gallery, Conversations with Paintings, and tours for Visitors with Special Needs.
Lunchtime Gallery Talks
Tuesday - Friday, 1.15–2pm, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated by tokens from the Information Desk 15 mins before the talk.
June
Tue 11 Portraits
Wed 12 Was Sickert ever an Impressionist?
Thur 13 Watches: jewel or machine?
Fri 14 Introduction to the ancient Near East
Tue 18 Highlights of Western art
Wed 19 Introduction to the Renaissance
Thur 20 The building of Rick Mather’s Ashmolean
Fri 21 The colour blue
Tue 25 Stories behind pictures
Thur 27 Greek pots
Fri 28 Sickert and the Camden Town Group
A Closer Look’ Tours
Tuesday - Sunday 2.15– 2.45pm, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated on a first-come/first-served basis.
Tours of selected galleries with members of the Museum’s Front of House Team.
June
Tue 11 The Life and Paintings of Camille Pissarro
Wed 12 Collecting Classical Sculptures
Thu 13 Ancient Egypt's Amarna Period
Fri 14 Medieval Cyprus
Sat 15 The Loacoon Statue
Sun 16 The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Tue 18 Riches, Law and Thunder: Spotlight on Ancient Turkey and Syria
Wed 19 Three Florentine Paintings
Thu 20 Introducing the Ashmolean
Fri 21 Mysteries of China's Shang Dyansty
Sat 22 Women in the Ancient World
Sun 23 The Making of England - Anglo-Saxon to Tudor
Tue 25 The Grand Tour
Wed 26 Greek Sculpture
Thu 27 Uccello - Craftsman & Artist
Fri 28 Mysteries of the Dragon Robe
Sat 29 The Roman Empire: Emperors and Power
Sun 30 Introducing the Ashmolean
Twilight Gallery Talks
Two Thursdays each month, 5-5.45pm, Meet in Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated by on a first-come/first-served basis.
June
Jun 13 Greek pots
Jun 27 The might of Assyrian Empire
Saturday Highlights Tours
Every Saturday, 11am–12pm, Gallery 21
Places (maximum 15) allocated on a first-come/first-served basis.
Discover the treasures of the Ashmolean with this great introduction to the Museum.
Cast Gallery ‘Behind the Scenes Tours
Every Thursday and Saturday, 3–3.30pm, Meet in Gallery 21
Places (maximum 12) allocated on a first-come/first-served basis
Access: regrettably, due to the nature of the historic building, access only by stairs.
Take a guided tour of the Ashmolean's unique cast collection on the lower-ground floor of the new Cast Gallery.